Da’Rick Rogers, the former Tennessee wide receiver who transferred to Tennessee Tech, says that failed drug tests led to his suspension at UT and subsequent move to the FCS level, The Tennessean reports.

“There were a couple of drug tests,” Rogers said. “And it was about me being a young, immature guy and those are things that I’ve got to work on. I plan to do that. When it came to review my next school and I met coach (Watson) Brown I most definitely felt like he was a guy that could help me with all my things and the situation that I had going on.”

Rogers will be available for Tennessee Tech’s season opener on Thursday vs. Hampton, but it’s unclear if he’ll play, Brown told the paper.

Rogers led the SEC in receiving last year, but the Volunteers should be OK without him. They have Justin Hunter returning, and are also very high on junior college transfer Cordarrelle Patterson.